πιττάκιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πιττά (pittá, “pitch, tar”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“fat”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pit.tá.ki.on/ → /pitˈta.ci.on/ → /piˈta.ci.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pit.tá.ki.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pitˈta.ki.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pitˈta.ci.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pitˈta.ci.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈta.ci.on/

Noun

πιττάκιον • (pittákion) n (genitive πιττᾰκίου); second declension

1. writing tablet
2. a leaf out of a writing tablet, receipt, ticket, pass
3. message
4. a list of members of an association
5. a patch of leather for laying salve on (compare Latin pittacium)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πῐττᾰ́κῐον; τοῦ πῐττᾰκῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πῐττᾰ́κῐον tò pittákion	τὼ πῐττᾰκῐ́ω tṑ pittakíō	τᾰ̀ πῐττᾰ́κῐᾰ tà pittákia
Genitive	τοῦ πῐττᾰκῐ́ου toû pittakíou	τοῖν πῐττᾰκῐ́οιν toîn pittakíoin	τῶν πῐττᾰκῐ́ων tôn pittakíōn
Dative	τῷ πῐττᾰκῐ́ῳ tôi pittakíōi	τοῖν πῐττᾰκῐ́οιν toîn pittakíoin	τοῖς πῐττᾰκῐ́οις toîs pittakíois
Accusative	τὸ πῐττᾰ́κῐον tò pittákion	τὼ πῐττᾰκῐ́ω tṑ pittakíō	τᾰ̀ πῐττᾰ́κῐᾰ tà pittákia
Vocative	πῐττᾰ́κῐον pittákion	πῐττᾰκῐ́ω pittakíō	πῐττᾰ́κῐᾰ pittákia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Greek: πίσσα (píssa)

Descendants

• → Aramaic: פטקא
• → Latin: pittacium
  • Asturian: pedazu, piozu
  • Catalan: pedaç
  • Italian: petacciola, petaccia, petazza
  • Occitan: pedaç, petaç
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: pedaço
    • Galician: pedazo
    • Portuguese: pedaço
  • Romanian: petic (possibly), petec (possibly)
  • Sicilian: pitazzu
  • Old Spanish: pedaço
    • Spanish: pedazo

Further reading

• “πιττάκιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πιττάκιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette